Classical
New Year, New Shows
New musicals about Woody Guthrie and a runaway slave lead the list.
Dec 30th, 2013 by Isabel Dunkerley
The Holy Sound of Christmas
Handel’s Messiah has been packing them in for 270 years, and the MSO’s version should be no different.
Dec 19th, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
The Loudest Christmas Carols You’ll Ever Hear
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra is coming to town and they want to blow your head off.
Dec 12th, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
Concord Chamber Orchestra tugs at your heartstrings
The “Hearts” concert, performed by the Concord Chamber Orchestra, is of course all love-themed works.
Dec 5th, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
Poetry inspires Frankly Music concert
Baritone Kelly Markgraf anchors a concert dedicated to art song and chamber music which explores the nuances of dramatic verse - with and without words.
Nov 29th, 2013 by Michael Barndt
Present Music gives thanks for choral music
The ever-popular Thanksgiving concert features choral works by Caroline Shaw and the debut of a new Present Music choral ensemble, Hearing Music.
Nov 22nd, 2013 by Michael Barndt
Hans Graf celebrates Schubert’s Mass No. 6 at the MSO
The work, originally presented after its composer's death, is now considered one of his greatest, and will be performed alongside Mozart's Symphony No. 39.
Nov 21st, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
The locals get loud
MKE fills with epic sound this week, courtesy of our own: Skylight's "Les Miserables," Carroll Players' "Spring Awakening," MSO's Schubert, Present Music's "Thanksgiving," and Vic and Gab at MKE Unplugged.
Nov 18th, 2013 by Isabel Dunkerley
Pallade Musica features Early Italian Baroque sonatas
A Montreal early music quartet, Pallade Musica, will feature some of the earliest virtuoso chamber music in an Early Music Now concert early Saturday evening.
Nov 14th, 2013 by Michael Barndt
PianoArts reunites a student and his teacher at Vogel Hall
The MSO's associate conductor Francesco Lecce-Chong teams up with former instructor Pavlina Dokovska for an evening of works for double piano.
Nov 14th, 2013 by Michael Barndt
Pianist Ingrid Fliter plays Chopin with the MSO
This weekend's concert will be led by MSO Music Director Edo de Waart, featuring Chopin's Piano Concerto No. 2. Ingrid Fliter speaks to TCD writer Rob Gebelhoff about the piece.
Nov 13th, 2013 by Rob Gebelhoff
Florentine Opera
General director William Florescu talks about the company's 80th Anniversary season, beginning with the epic "La Traviata," and the company's increasing efforts to engage with the Milwaukee community year-round.
Nov 11th, 2013 by Matthew Reddin
